--- title: The Software Stewardship Lab | daily.dev description: Andrew Nesbitt announces the launch of the Software Stewardship Lab, a Scottish non-profit focused on applied research into open source sustainability. The lab... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/the-software-stewardship-lab-g0ou0jstf twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: The Software Stewardship Lab | daily.dev og:description: Andrew Nesbitt announces the launch of the Software Stewardship Lab, a Scottish non-profit focused on applied research into open source sustainability. The lab... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/the-software-stewardship-lab-g0ou0jstf og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/g0ou0jsTf.png og:image:alt: The Software Stewardship Lab og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # The Software Stewardship Lab **[Andrew Nesbitt](https://daily.dev/sources/nesbitt-io)** · 4 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Andrew Nesbitt announces the launch of the Software Stewardship Lab, a Scottish non-profit focused on applied research into open source sustainability. The lab aims to address the chronic funding instability that plagues open source research by providing an institutional home with a longer horizon than single grant cycles. Research themes include supply chain security, maintainer wellbeing, funding models, and governance. The board includes notable figures from the JavaScript ecosystem (Nuxt, Vite) and open source tooling (Homebrew). The lab plans to publish open-access papers, open datasets, and open source tools, funded through company sponsorships and individual contributions via Open Collective. A long-term goal is to offer open-ended stipends to researchers so work can outlast individual grants. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### What is the Software Stewardship Lab and what does it do? The Software Stewardship Lab is a Scottish non-profit that does applied research on the open source ecosystem. Its research themes are supply chain security, maintainer wellbeing, funding models, and governance. It contracts researchers, publishes open-access papers and open datasets, and builds open source tools. Funding comes from company sponsorships and individual contributions via Open Collective, with a long-term goal of offering open-ended research stipends. _Open source maintainers navigating sustainability challenges track efforts like this on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [A VC and some big-name programmers are trying to solve open source’s funding problem, permanently](https://daily.dev/posts/a-vc-and-some-big-name-programmers-are-trying-to-solve-open-source-s-funding-problem-permanently-mkudnzqau) · TechCrunch · 4 upvotes · 0 comments - [Renewing Our Open Source Pledge for 2026](https://daily.dev/posts/renewing-our-open-source-pledge-for-2026-pxjek53bi) · Platformatic · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [This Week in Open Source for September 24, 2026](https://daily.dev/posts/this-week-in-open-source-for-september-24-2026-f0evuxtni) · Google Open Source Blog · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [The world of open source metadata with Andrew Nesbitt from ecosyste.ms \(Changelog Interviews \#665\)](https://daily.dev/posts/the-world-of-open-source-metadata-with-andrew-nesbitt-from-ecosyste-ms-changelog-interviews-665--cvpslk866) · Changelog · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#security](https://daily.dev/tags/security), [#open-source](https://daily.dev/tags/open-source) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/the-software-stewardship-lab-g0ou0jstf) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"The Software Stewardship Lab","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/the-software-stewardship-lab-g0ou0jstf","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/the-software-stewardship-lab-g0ou0jstf"},"datePublished":"2026-08-07T10:51:55.394Z","dateModified":"2026-08-07T14:18:49.080Z","description":"Andrew Nesbitt announces the launch of the Software Stewardship Lab, a Scottish non-profit focused on applied research into open source sustainability. 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